Francois Bourcier

Francois Antoine Louis Bourcier (23 February 1760-8 May 1828) was a General of Division of the French Republic and the French Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Francois Antoine Louis Bourcier was born on 23 February 1760 in La Petite-Pierre, Alsace, in the Kingdom of France. He joined the French Army in 1789 and served with the Army of the Rhine in the War of the First Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars, and by the War of the Second Coalition he had been promoted to Brigadier-General. Bourcier was made a commander of the Army of the Danube during the Napoleonic Wars and served at the Battle of Elchingen, Austerlitz, Heilsberg, Friedland, and Wagram. After the campaign against Prussia he was sent to Spain during the Peninsular War and was later transferred back to northern Europe to take part in the 1812 Patriotic War against the Russian Empire. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, he retained his titles and honors and served in the Chamber of Deputies before dying in 1828.